Kozhikode gears up for Census 2027

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As portion of the nationwide preparations for Census 2027, Kozhikode District Collector M.S. Madhavikutty has urged residents to implicit the online workout betwixt June 16 and June 30 to guarantee close and broad information collection.

The self-enumeration process was launched crossed Kerala connected Tuesday (June 16). The taxable of Census 2027 is ‘Janakshemam Censusiloode’. Addressing the media, Ms. Madhavikutty said the accusation collected done the Census forms the ground for readying payment measures and improvement programmes.

She said that the Census volition beryllium carried retired successful 2 phases. The archetypal phase, covering house-listing and lodging census operations, volition beryllium conducted successful Kerala during July 2026 arsenic portion of the nationwide workout scheduled betwixt April and September 2026.

​The Collector said the territory had completed mapping implicit 5,205 house-listing blocks and deployed 4,602 enumerators and 888 supervisors. The self-enumeration installation allows residents to taxable details online earlier an enumerator visits their homes.

After registration and verification done a one-time password, users tin place their residence connected a integer map, reply the questionnaire, and taxable the information.

An 11-digit self-enumeration recognition fig generated aft submission indispensable beryllium shared with the enumerator during the tract visit. The Census 2027, the 16th Census conducted successful India since 1872 and the eighth aft Independence, would people a important displacement towards integer information collection. The Census, primitively scheduled for 2021, was postponed owed to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The workout is being conducted nether the Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India, nether the Ministry of Home Affairs, portion the Directorate of Census Operations is coordinating activities successful Kerala.

Published - June 17, 2026 12:00 americium IST

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